A post installation templating assembly for positioning fence posts for setting includes a bar and a pair of brackets. Each bracket is coupled to and extends perpendicularly from a respective opposing end of the bar. Each bracket is configured to selectively couple to a respective post to parallelly position a pair of posts perpendicularly to the bar. The bar is configured to fixedly separate the pair of posts so that the pair of posts can be set with a separation equivalent to a distance between the pair of brackets.
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1. A post installation templating assembly comprising: a bar; a pair of brackets, each said bracket being coupled to and extending perpendicularly from a respective opposing end of said bar, each said bracket being configured for selectively coupling to a respective post, each said bracket comprising a first section selectively couplable to a second section such that said first section and said second section are separable for inserting the respective post and such that said first section and said second section are couplable for coupling said bracket to the respective post, and a first clamp fixedly coupled to said first end of said bar and a second clamp slidably couplable to said bar such that the distance between said first clamp and said second clamp is selectively adjustable; wherein said brackets are positioned on said bar such that each said bracket is configured for coupling to the respective post for parallelly positioning a pair of posts perpendicularly to said bar such that said bar is configured for fixedly separating the pair of posts for setting the pair of posts with a separation equivalent to a distance between said pair of brackets; a first channel axially positioned in said bar, said first channel extending from a second end of said bar; a slot positioned in a side of said bar, said slot extending to said first channel; a plurality of holes positioned in a top of said bar, each said hole extending to said first channel, said plurality of holes extending from proximate to said second end toward a first end of said bar; a pair of extrusions coupled singly to and extending from said first section and said second section of said second clamp, each said extrusion being complementary to said first channel and said slot; a second channel positioned through a respective said extrusion, said second channel being complementary to said holes; a pin complementary to said holes and said second channel; and wherein said extrusions are positioned on said second clamp such that said extrusions are positioned for inserting into said slot and said first channel from said second end of said bar for slidably coupling said second clamp to said bar, wherein said second channel is positioned in said respective said extrusion such that said second channel is positioned for selectively aligning with a respective said hole positioning said pin for inserting through said respective said hole and said second channel for fixedly positioning said second clamp relative to said first clamp.
2. The assembly of claim 1 , further including said bar being rectangularly shaped when viewed longitudinally.
3. The assembly of claim 1 , further including said brackets being squarely shaped when viewed longitudinally.
4. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising: a pair of first connectors coupled singly to said first sections of said brackets; a pair of second connectors coupled singly to said second sections of said brackets, said second connectors being complementary to said first connectors; and wherein said second connectors are positioned on said second sections such that each said second connector is positioned for coupling to a respective said first connector for coupling a respective said bracket to the respective post for setting the pair of posts with the separation equivalent to the distance between said brackets, such that said second connector is positioned for decoupling from said respective said first connector for releasing said respective said bracket from the respective post.
5. The assembly of claim 4 , further including each said second connector and said respective said first connector comprising a swivel latch.
6. The assembly of claim 1 , further including said first channel being rectangularly shaped when viewed longitudinally.
7. The assembly of claim 1 , further including at least one level coupled to a respective said bracket, wherein said at least one level is positioned on said respective said bracket such that said at least one level is configured for determining a plumbness of the post positioned in said respective said bracket.
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A post installation templating assembly comprising: a bar, said bar being rectangularly shaped when viewed longitudinally; a first channel axially positioned in said bar, said first channel extending from a second end of said bar, said first channel being rectangularly shaped when viewed longitudinally; a slot positioned in a side of said bar, said slot extending to said first channel; a plurality of holes positioned in a top of said bar, each said hole extending to said first channel, said plurality of holes extending from proximate to said second end toward a first end of said bar; a pair of brackets, each said bracket being coupled to and extending perpendicularly from a respective opposing end of said bar, each said bracket being configured for selectively coupling to a respective post, wherein said brackets are positioned on said bar such that each said bracket is configured for coupling to the respective post for parallelly positioning a pair of posts perpendicularly to said bar such that said bar is configured for fixedly separating the pair of posts for setting the pair of posts with a separation equivalent to a distance between said pair of brackets, said brackets being squarely shaped when viewed longitudinally, each said bracket comprising a first section selectively couplable to a second section such that said first section and said second section are separable for inserting the respective post and such that said first section and said second section are couplable for coupling said bracket to the respective post, said pair of brackets comprising a first clamp fixedly coupled to said first end of said bar and a second clamp slidably couplable to said bar such that the distance between said first clamp and said second clamp is selectively adjustable; a pair of first connectors coupled singly to said first sections of said brackets; a pair of second connectors coupled singly to said second sections of said brackets, said second connectors being complementary to said first connectors, wherein said second connectors are positioned on said second sections such that each said second connector is positioned for coupling to a respective said first connector for coupling a respective said bracket to the respective post for setting the pair of posts with the separation equivalent to the distance between said brackets, such that said second connector is positioned for decoupling from said respective said first connector for releasing said respective said bracket from the respective post, each said second connector and said respective said first connector comprising a swivel latch; a pair of extrusions coupled singly to and extending from said first section and said second section of said second clamp, each said extrusion being complementary to said first channel and said slot, wherein said extrusions are positioned on said second clamp such that said extrusions are positioned for inserting into said slot and said first channel from said second end of said bar for slidably coupling said second clamp to said bar; a second channel positioned through a respective said extrusion, said second channel being complementary to said holes; a pin complementary to said holes and said second channel, wherein said second channel is positioned in said respective said extrusion such that said second channel is positioned for selectively aligning with a respective said hole positioning said pin for inserting through said respective said hole and said second channel for fixedly positioning said second clamp relative to said first clamp; at least one level coupled to a respective said bracket, wherein said at least one level is positioned on said respective said bracket such that said at least one level is configured for determining a plumbness of the post positioned in said respective said bracket; and wherein said first section and said second section are separable for inserting the respective post, wherein said second connectors are positioned on said second sections such that each said second connector is positioned for coupling to said respective said first connector for coupling said respective said bracket to the respective post, wherein said extrusions are positioned on said second clamp such that said extrusions are positioned for inserting into said slot and said first channel from said second end of said bar for slidably coupling said second clamp to said bar, wherein said second channel is positioned in said respective said extrusion such that said second channel is positioned for selectively aligning with said respective said hole positioning said pin for inserting through said respective said hole and said second channel for fixedly positioning said second clamp relative to said first clamp for setting the pair of posts with the separation equivalent to the distance between said first clamp and said second clamp, wherein said at least one level is positioned on said respective said bracket such that said at least one level is configured for determining the plumbness of the post positioned in said respective said bracket, wherein said second connector is positioned for decoupling from said respective said first connector for releasing said respective said bracket from the respective post.
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